Relics and Selves

Exhibit Label

Name:

Manzana de las Luces

Person:

Pub. place:

Buenos Aires

Publisher:

Date of Pub.:

Decade:

1880s

Country:

Argentina

Description:

The first seat of Buenos Aires University, formerly a Dominican convent. The Facultad de Ciencias Exactas was housed here until its violent occupation by the police during the so-called 'Night of the Large Sticks' ('noche de los bastones largos')